Beggar Poem by Katy Fulker

Beggar



You look and I
Avert my eyes,
So you cannot see the complexities of guilt and fear
Unjust and ignorant of sight.

You ask and I
Speak only
The words engraved in the loosened, whitewashed hearts
of the weak and numb:
'Sorry'.

Sunday, July 1, 2007
Topic(s) of this poem: sorry
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Katy Fulker

Katy Fulker

Wroughton, Wiltshire
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